Why does everyone hate Prime so much?

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  1. thaistick

    thaistick Road Train Member

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    I drove for Prime for 6 months, 10mpg loaded was not hard to obtain, I never remember doing 13mpg, but on a 150 mile empty move I did slightly better than 12. You got to know, everything about the company is fuel mileage...lightweight trucks, super singles, hubcaps, lightweight trailers, aluminium wheels on trailer with singles, skirts, tails, etc......
     
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  3. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    I heard they inflate their tires with helium so they can haul more weight; is that true?
     
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  4. LivingDatRoadLife

    LivingDatRoadLife Light Load Member

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    Wow no way that's possible lol
    Just joking
     
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  5. CasanovaCruiser

    CasanovaCruiser Road Train Member

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    I run wide open. 75+ all day long and have never had any problems passing a prime truck. Or anyone else really. Occasionally you have to slow down on the interstate, big deal.

    I actually like Prime a lot more than your average starter. Rob Lowe got rich because he started a company, God bless him. The man made a goal and accomplished it. Today he's getting people their CDL and paying them a much more attractive rate than the likes of Werner, CRE, Swift.
     
  6. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    He's also a movie star!
     
  7. CasanovaCruiser

    CasanovaCruiser Road Train Member

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    I see what I did there. Drop the E lol image.jpg
     
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  8. redoctober83

    redoctober83 Road Train Member

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    This is very much possible with prime's trucks pulling fully loaded. They are set up and geared for that kind of mpg.

    Here is some proof of what can be done with there trucks. I was pulling a load out of El Paso, TX going to Long Island, NY. It was 29,680 lbs and this was my average for the trip. Before you dimwitted drivers tell me that number means nothing, it matched the paper and pen method of calculating the average mpg. 20151104_193537.jpg
     
  9. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Is that Photoshop?
     
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  10. redoctober83

    redoctober83 Road Train Member

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    No, not at all. Nice try there Chinatown, lol
     
  11. rholl32

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    No, it is not photoshopped. 2 of my 2015 evolutions achieve that and better sometimes. DD15 505, 13 spd, 3.55 rears. I plan on buying 3 more at the end of 2016 if we don't go into a recession again.
     
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